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What is string theory?
Particle accelerators to the rescue
What is the Higgs Boson?
HiPER power
The Radioactive Orchestra
Are we really all made of stardust?
What is radioactivity?
How is physics used in archaeology?
Will an asteroid impact spell the end of humanity?
Sci-Art: The final frontier
What is physics?
Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics
Home website for the JINR (Joint Institute for Nuclear Research) containing links to reference notes, reactors and accelerators in Russia.
What is Physics?
An overview defining physics and summarising the history of physics from early mechanics to quantum theory.
Nuclear Physics Applications
A very basic guide from the ThinkQuest competition covering a number of topics. Has no mathematics but good for reactor diagrams and the medicine topic covers treatments.
Egg-Citing Physics - Physics to go
An experiment from our Physics To Go series about momentum. All you need is a raw egg and a hard boiled egg.
Advice on personal statements for students applying to study physics
Physics Teacher Alby Reid emailed physics departments across the UK to find out what they were looking for in a student.
Atomic Archive
Very comprehensive and fascinating site covering the history and science of the atomic bomb with biographies, videos and animations of nuclear physics.
The ABC of Nuclear Science
A well presented and comprehensive introduction to nuclear science. Nuclear structure, Antimatter, decay, Cosmic rays, etc. Excellent graphics
What is physics?
An article describing what physics is, what physicists do and some of the principle areas of physics.
What to do with a degree in physics
A brief look at the skills your learn from physics and the roles you can do after studying physics
What happens during a nuclear meltdown?
This nuclear primer explains what meltdown means, and how the situation at Fukushima compares with past nuclear accidents.